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Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by moserch »

mandmandam wrote: post #25
julienchastang wrote: post #23

Is there any evidence, from the academic literature or otherwise, that math games improve educational outcomes? (Sorry, I know that sounds like a wet blanket statement and I am not discouraging the OP from trying to make an impact here. I am just curious.) Also, I tried to play a couple of games (e.g., https://www.mindlygames.com/game/skip-counting-by-5-dino-soa... ), but it has been stuck "loading" for the entire du…

1. Play is how basically every other mammal learns. 2. Learning comes easier to people when it's fun, because they're more engaged and receptive. That said, I don't think these games in particular look anything close to optimal. To be fair though, I can't load them either - stuck at 98%.

If you'd be willing to share what type of device you're on that would be super helpful. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by boogiemath »

thenobsta wrote: post #8

A plug for "Math from Three to Seven: The Story of a Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers" seems warranted here. It has great ideas for fun things to do with kids as well. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12689040-math-from-th...

This book is great indeed. Coincidentally, I just published a post where talking about how this book encouraged me to start a little math circle myself: https://boogiemath.org/meta/meta-2

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by julienchastang »

moserch wrote: post #28
julienchastang wrote: post #23

Is there any evidence, from the academic literature or otherwise, that math games improve educational outcomes? (Sorry, I know that sounds like a wet blanket statement and I am not discouraging the OP from trying to make an impact here. I am just curious.) Also, I tried to play a couple of games (e.g., https://www.mindlygames.com/game/skip-counting-by-5-dino-soa... ), but it has been stuck "loading" for the entire du…

Hi! Any chance you could let me know what type of device your using? We tested on a few after your comment and this might be a really helpful piece of info for us. Thanks for letting us know it isn't loading for you!

MBP (a recent one), chrome browser.

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by corysama »

RomanPushkin wrote: post #13

I am willing to pay $1000 for a math game that won't be silly. I'm not even kidding. I tried to find something that would spark interest, captivate, but I had little luck with math games. I wrote my own (if you scroll my comment history) math game/app which is little bit different and partially solves the problem. But I am constantly looking for anything that would be cool, captivating, and educational.

I'm a fan of the DragonBox series. At least their algebra set. Haven't checked out the others.

https://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-5

https://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-12

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by zh3 »

moserch wrote: post #28
julienchastang wrote: post #23

Is there any evidence, from the academic literature or otherwise, that math games improve educational outcomes? (Sorry, I know that sounds like a wet blanket statement and I am not discouraging the OP from trying to make an impact here. I am just curious.) Also, I tried to play a couple of games (e.g., https://www.mindlygames.com/game/skip-counting-by-5-dino-soa... ), but it has been stuck "loading" for the entire du…

Hi! Any chance you could let me know what type of device your using? We tested on a few after your comment and this might be a really helpful piece of info for us. Thanks for letting us know it isn't loading for you!

Couple of things here didn't work; firefox 102.4.ESR and chromium on linux go to '100%' on Dino Eggs and hang there; works on same PC using chrome and on a random Win10 box with Chrome.

Dino's eggs also popped up two '40' choices for a Q where answer was 40 - but one of them said wrong answer (as reported by 5YO experimental subject).

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Post by dgacmu »

RomanPushkin wrote: post #13

I am willing to pay $1000 for a math game that won't be silly. I'm not even kidding. I tried to find something that would spark interest, captivate, but I had little luck with math games. I wrote my own (if you scroll my comment history) math game/app which is little bit different and partially solves the problem. But I am constantly looking for anything that would be cool, captivating, and educational.

as a source of inspiration, something I just did that you might find worth exploring: I just bought a dozen old Martin Gardner books out of desperation. So far they're working really well. (For a 5th grader). About $4 each on used book sites.

(I mine through them to find little puzzles to feed to the 10-year-old as we're doing things like driving to activities)

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